Unhealed Wound – Page 13

Locked Up–Spain’s “Orange Is the New Black”

Written by diana on September 11, 2019. Posted in Unhealed Wound.

In this riveting Netflix series, we see a psychological drama that keeps you on the edge of your seat.. A combination of “Dexter”, “Breaking Bad”, and “Orange Is the New Black” (OITNB), Locked Up is darker, more sinister, and more brutal and violent. [Alex Pina is the creator of both this 2015...

La Casa de Papel –“Ocean’s Eleven” on Steroids

Written by diana on September 2, 2019. Posted in Unhealed Wound. 3 Comments on La Casa de Papel –“Ocean’s Eleven” on Steroids

La Casa de Papel (“Money Heist”) La Casa de Papel (Netflix English title: “Money Heist“) was the most-watched non-English language series of 2018 and one of the most-watched series overall on Netflix. This is a Spanish “Ocean’s Eleven” on steroids. A criminal mastermind, calling...

The Farewell–Family Matters

Written by diana on August 5, 2019. Posted in movie reviews, Uncategorized, Unhealed Wound. 1 Comment on The Farewell–Family Matters

In the opening scene of The Farewell, taking place in a local hospital in China, the winsome and irrepressible grandmother, Nai Nai, has a complete physical, but has no idea of what it portends. Her sister and doctor tell Nai Nai everything is fine, she need not worry. She has stage 4 lung cancer. Determined to spare Nai Nai bad...

Rocketman –Seeing the Light through the Darkness

Written by diana on July 28, 2019. Posted in Unhealed Wound. 3 Comments on Rocketman –Seeing the Light through the Darkness

Rocketman , the recently released biopic of the music superstar, Elton John, will inevitably be compared to last year’s Bohemian Rhapsody. The two movies are portraits of flamboyantly-dressed gay rock stars from relatively the same era (1970’s and 1980’s) but they also shared the same manager and had the same...

Fahrenheit 11/9–Fourth of July

Written by diana on July 4, 2019. Posted in Unhealed Wound.

Michael Moore’s most recent documentary, Fahrenheit 11/9, released in September of last year, is an interesting take on the 2016 presidential election . (The film is named for the day Trump was declared the electoral winner.) This is another film in Moore’s canon of what is wrong with America, not his best...

The Hate U Give –T.H.U.G.

Written by diana on June 9, 2019. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 1 Comment on The Hate U Give –T.H.U.G.

The Hate U Give is an adaptation of Angie Thomas’s bestseller by the same name (released in February 2017). Starr Carter, a sixteen-year-old gifted student, has to adeptly maneuver between two worlds — her poor, mostly black neighborhood and a wealthy, mostly white prep school. Facing pressure from all sides,...